Month: July 2022

July 6, 1937 – Gene Chandler

July 6, 1937 – Gene Chandler is born “Eugene Dixon” in Chicago, Illinois. Nicknamed “The Duke of Earl” or simply “The Duke”, he is best known for his most successful songs “Duke of Earl” and “Groovy Situation” and his association with The Dukays, the Impressions, and Curtis Mayfield. #ROCkabillyHop #HappyBirthday #GeneChandler #DukeOfEarl #RocHop
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July 6, 1925 – Bill Haley

July 6, 1925 – Bill Haley is born “William John Clifton Haley” in Highland Park, Michigan. Haley was a pioneering American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as “Rock Around the Clock”, “See You Later, Alligator”, “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, “Rocket 88”, “Skinny Minnie”, and “Razzle Dazzle”, and has sold over 60 million records worldwide. #ROCkabillyHop @billhaleymusic #BillHaley #RockAroundTheClock #SeeYouLaterAlligator #ShakeRattleAndRoll #Rocket88 #SkinnyMinnie #RazzleDazzle #RocHop
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July 5, 1954 – Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black

July 5, 1954 – Elvis Presley, guitarist Scotty Moore, and bassist Bill Black while clowning around at Sun, begin to play Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup’s “That’s All Right (Mama).” Hearing something he likes, Sam Phillips orders them to replicate it again and again. That same day, the trio begins working on a fast cover of the bluegrass standard “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” Scotty is heard saying they’d be run out of town for such a bluesy rendition of a beloved standard. It proved to be a landmark in both rock n’ roll and, very specifically, rockabilly. #ROCkabillyHop @ElvisPresley #Elvis #theKing #ThatsAllRight #RocHop
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